Posts Tagged ‘modular improv’

Chris Schlarb: Dream State > Police State (2010)

Chris Schlarb: Dream State > Police State (2010)

Chris Schlarb: Dream State > Police State (2010) Dream State > Police State by Chris Schlarb “An astounding work of passion and patience over one thousand hours in the making, Long Beach musician/composer Chris Schlarb bestows his latest musical vision, Psychic Temple, onto the world. Known for his work as half of the hypnotic, jazz/drone [...]


Terry Riley: In C (1964)

Terry Riley: In C (1964)

Terry Riley: In C (1964)

performed by PBE and LANME Live at Columbia College

via wikipedia:

“In C is a semi-aleatoric musical piece composed by Terry Riley in 1964 for any number of people, although he suggests “a group of about 35 is desired if possible but smaller or larger groups will work”[1]. It is a response to the abstract academic serialist techniques used by composers in the mid-twentieth century and is often cited as the first minimalist composition.”

score

terry riley website



Frederic Rzewski: Coming Together (1970)

Frederic Rzewski: Coming Together (1970)

Frederic Rzewski: Coming Together (1970)
performed by Group 180 (Hungary)

Robert Christgau review:

“The design of “Coming Together” is simple, even minimal: Steve ben Israel reads and rereads one of Sam Melville’s letters from Attica over a jazzy, repetitious vamp. Yet the result is political art as expressive and accessible as Guernica. In ben Israel’s interpretation, Melville’s prison years have made him both visionary and mad, and the torment of his incarceration is rendered more vivid by the nagging intensity of the music. The other side features a less inspiring political piece and a percussion composition, each likable but not compelling, but that’s a cavil. “Coming Together” is amazing. A-”

another link about the piece

mp3

curated via Paul Bailey (via ubuweb)

wikipedia


Lloyd Rodgers: The Swing (1979)

Lloyd Rodgers: The Swing (1979)

Lloyd Rodgers: The Swing (1979)

from the black book/the swing 13 (performed by the Lloyd Rodgers Group 2002)

Lloyd Rodgers: The Swing (1979)

from the black book/the swing 13, performed by the Lloyd Rodgers Group (2002)

John Glenn, Electric Bass, Sean Ferguson, Electric Guitar, Bruno Cilloniz, Vibraphone, and LLoyd Rodgers, Keyboard

The Swing was originally composed for the Cartesian Reunion Memorial Orchestra and is based on Erik Satie’s Le Balancoire from Sports et Divertissements


Lloyd Rodgers: The Black Book (04.01.01)

Lloyd Rodgers: The Black Book (04.01.01)

Lloyd Rodgers: The Black Book 04.01.01

from Lloyd Rodgers.com

“the black book-a private music consists of 374 compositions, exercises, and epigrams written, usually one a day from 12.28.00 to 12.27.01., notated in ink with no edits; a year long musical journal”


Jon Brenner: Trap Doors and Open Windows

Jon Brenner: Trap Doors and Open Windows

trap doors and opaque windows by jon brenner

written, performed and mixed by jon brenner.

Released by: klomp music